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HMCS ''Shawinigan'' is a that has served in the Canadian Forces and the Royal Canadian Navy since 1997. ''Shawinigan'' is the fifth ship of her class which is the name for the Maritime Coastal Defence Vessel Project. She is the second vessel to use the designation . ''Shawinigan'' was laid down on 26 April 1996 at Halifax Shipyards Ltd., Halifax and was launched on 15 November 1996. She was officially commissioned into the Canadian Forces on 14 June 1997 at Trois Rivières, Quebec and carries the pennant number 704. She is assigned to Maritime Forces Atlantic (MARLANT) and is homeported at CFB Halifax. ==Design== The was conceived to use commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) equipment and construction techniques in a ship designed to military specifications. The construction of the design required the building of partially outfitted steel block units, which were assembled into larger blocks and those blocks were integrated into the ship. The decks were assembled upside down with pre-outfitting of the underside of the deck prior to installation on the ship. The ship is outfitted with a degaussing system from Power Magnetics and Electronic Systems.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Kingston Class Coastal Defence Vessels, Canada )〕 ''Kingston'' class vessels are designed to carry up to three ISO containers with power hookups on the open deck aft in order to embark mission-specific payloads. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「HMCS Shawinigan (MM 704)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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